The Struggle for Catan - The New Card GameThe Struggle for Catan™ is in stores!

The Struggle for Catan™ is now available at your local retailer. This is a fast-paced game between the 2-4 factions developing newly settled Catan.

Manage your resources to build settlements, cities, city expansions, knights, and roads that generate victory points or special abilities. While your settlements, cities, and city expansions remain yours, valuable roads and knights change hands. Varied expensive city expansions give you additional victory points and lasting advantages, so they're generally key to victory. As in The Settlers of Catan® board game, you win by being the first to acquire and play 10 victory points.

The Struggle for Catan™ is the perfect way for 2-4 players to swiftly and casually explore, settle, trade, and build on the beautiful and ever-changing island of Catan.

The Settlers of Catan YouTube channel (http://www.youtube.com/thesettlersofcatan) has been updated to include all the Catan White Glove Demo videos to help players learn the game. Please subscribe to our channel and pass the videos on to new players, family, and friends who might need help learning how to play one of our games.

A wonderful article titled "Settlers of Catan: A low-tech island retreat for a plugged-in generation", written by Josh Wingrove, was published on Canadian news site The Globe and Mail. The article include words from Klaus and his son Guido. Please enjoy reading it at the link below.

Be looking for announcements on more NACC Qualifiers in the coming months and visit our website (www.mayfairgames.com/events) or Facebook page for more information on NACC tournaments.

NACC 2011 Events:

Origins Game Fair: June 22-26

Columbus, OH, USA

NACC Qualifying Event

For details please visit:originsgamefair.com

Anime Expo: July 1-4

Los Angeles, CA, USA

NACC Qualifying Event

For details please visit: anime-expo.org

Gen Con Indy: Aug. 4-7

Indianapolis, IN, USA

NACC Tournament

For details please visit:gencon.com

Catan Tournament of Masters at GenCon Indy 2011!

To celebrate fifteen years of Catan, and as a special thank you to the players who have made Catan Tournaments so enjoyable and exciting, Mayfair Games will be hosting the Catan Tournament of Masters Invitational at Gen Con Indy on Thursday, August 4 and Friday, August 5, 2011. This tournament is limited to thirty-two (32) players. Participants will receive a 4-day Gen Con Indy badge just for playing and the winner of the tournament will get a seat in the NACC Tournament being held on the Saturday and Sunday of Gen Con 2011.

If you have been a semi-finalist in the United States, Mexico or Canada for any North American qualifier (top 4) or World qualifier (top 16) tournaments from 2006 on, you may participate. Send your name, contact info and the year(s) for which you qualify to events(-at-)mayfairgames.com (put "MASTERS" in the subject line, please). All participants must be 18 years of age or older and non-U.S. citizens must have a valid passport. Mayfair Games will check the records, and if you qualify, we will assign you a spot in the tournament and a 4-day badge to Gen Con Indy 2011.

This offer is open to the first thirty-two (32) players who qualify. Later submissions will be placed on a waiting list. All submissions must be sent to Mayfair Games by June 30, 2011. For any additional questions about the tournament, please email events(-at-)mayfairgames.com (put "MASTERS" in the subject line please).

Until next month...

Thank you for reading the Catan News Wire. We appreciate your readership!

Sincerely,

The Catan Team

White Glove Demo List

Below is a list of all the White Glove Demo videos created to help you learn how to play our games: